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  • 1.  column spanning issue

    Posted 08-23-2006 18:32
    Note that I have removed all attributes except number-columns-spanned, for
    brevity's sake. I have also removed rows around the one causing the problem.

    Given the following docbook fragment:

    <informaltable frame="none">
    <tgroup cols="16" align="left" colsep="1" rowsep="0">
    <colspec colname="c1" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c2" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c3" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c4" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c5" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c6" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c7" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c8" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c9" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c10" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c11" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c12" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c13" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c14" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c15" colwidth=".4in"/>
    <colspec colname="c16" colwidth=".4in"/>

    <row>
    <entry align="center" namest="c1" nameend="c4">VER</entry>
    <entry align="center" namest="c5" nameend="c8">FAM</entry>
    <entry align="center" namest="c9" nameend="c16">PARTNO</entry>
    </row>

    </tgroup>
    </informaltable>

    I expect the following output from the docbook.fo stylesheet:


    <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="4">
    <fo:block>VER</fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="4">
    <fo:block>FAM</fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="8">
    <fo:block>PARTNO</fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>



    Instead, I get this:


    <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="4">
    <fo:block>VER</fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="4">
    <fo:block>FAM</fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block>PARTNO</fo:block>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>
    <fo:table-cell>
    <fo:block/>
    </fo:table-cell>


    Note that, in addition to not spanning, the number of cells is wrong (9
    rather than 8).

    What caused this and what can I do about it?

    Thanks.

    Jay Bryant
    Bryant Communication Services





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